A married Muslim abducted a 14-year-old girl on May 12, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, exploiting her medical and mental health vulnerabilities to sexually abuse her, her father and his attorney said.
WASHINGTON (BP)--Chinese authorities have freed a man jailed for smuggling Bibles into mainland China in the latest of several positive gestures taken by Beijing prior to President Bush's visit this month, CNSNews.com reported Feb. 11.
WASHINGTON (BP)--Just days before President Bush visits Beijing, religious freedom campaigners released a report Feb. 11 indicating that state repression of Christians and other religious groups in China is systematic, harsh and authorized at senior government levels, according to CNSNews.com.
LOS ANGELES (BP)--Most Christians understand the threat posed by militant Islam around the world, but few are aware of a strain of Hindu radicalism targeting believers in India.
RoommatesSouthern Seminary student Marjorie Clark, left, and imprisoned missionary Gracia Burnham in a graduation photo from 1981. The two were roommates at Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Mo. Burnham and her husband, Martin, have been prisoners in the Philippines since May 27, 2001. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--New…
EL JICARO, Guatemala (BP)--Southern Baptists and other Great Commission Christians are launching an ambitious plan to take the gospel to all 28 million homes in Central America during the next four years.
WASHINGTON (BP)--While refusing to issue a direct apology, National Public Radio admitted Jan. 30 that it was "inappropriate" to name the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) in connection with a story the network was doing about the FBI's anthrax investigation, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 30.
WASHINGTON (BP)--Pressure from Washington is believed to have played a key role in the decision by Chinese officials to amend charges against three men accused of smuggling Bibles into China, a move which resulted in far lighter sentences than had been expected, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 29.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Southern Baptists sent 1,155 new missionaries overseas during 2001, a "phenomenal 28 percent increase" over the previous high -- 902 new workers -- two years ago, Jerry Rankin told International Mission Board trustees during a Jan. 21-23 meeting in Birmingham, Ala.
WASHINGTON (BP)--President Bush and senior U.S. congressmen have taken a personal interest in the case of a Hong Kong businessman who faces trial for smuggling Bibles into China, and that has helped allay concerns of human rights activists who feared that Washington might overlook Chinese abuses because of Beijing's cooperation…
LONDON (BP)--Turkmenistan's most prominent religious prisoner, Baptist leader Shageldy Atakov, has been freed before the end of his four-year sentence, Keston News Service reported Jan. 10.
